Holder bracket



L. B. COLE.

HOLDER BRACKET.

7 Dec. 19, 1922.

FILED OCT. 19. 1922.

\ INVENTOR [66,5 ('0/2. BY I M r ATTORNEY I Patented Dec. 19, i922.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEE B, COLE, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HOLDER BRACKET.

Application filed October 19, 1922. Serial No. 595,501.

To all whom it may concern I engage or disengage an object to be held.

Be it known that 1, LEE B. Come, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holder Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto holders and brackets which are adapted to be readily attached toor detached from a support and to readily The object of my'inventi'on is an efficient, simple and inexpensive holder bracket which can readily be attachedto or detached from a support without any screws or other auxiliary appliances andwithout tools, and

which'can readily engage or diseng'age'an object to be held by the bracket without any auxiliary means or tools.

I attain this object by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawing in which is shown, in a slngle perspective view, my preferred present construction of a holder bracket adapted to be attached to telephone and to hold a pencil. The telephone being shown in dot and dash lines.

The holder bracket shown is composed of two-halves A and B, which are secured to Spot-welding or other means maybe employed to secure the'sehalves to each other.-' i

It is preferred that these halves be made of tenacious material having spring qualities for the purpose appearing presently.

The half A is composed of the body 12 havingholes for the rivets 10. The top of this body 12 terlninates in the overhanging and arcuate prong 13 adaptedto the portion 14 of the telephone'C and having the reversely bent lipfll extending beyond the center of curvature of the a-rcuate prong 13 to facilitate the juxtaposition of this prong over the telephone C. The curvature of this arcuate portionof the prong 13 corresponds to the curvature "of the portion 14 ofjthe telephone C.

" In alignment with the prong 13, the body 12 terminates, at the bottom, in the overhanging arcuate prong 15 adapted to the portion 17 of the telephone C andhaving the reversely bentlip 16 extending beyond 7, the centerkof curvature of the arcuate portion of the prong 15 to facilitate the juxtaposition of the prong 15 over the diametrically, larger portion 17 of the telephone C. The curvature of this arcuate portion of curvature of the beyond the center of curvature of the arcuate portion of the prong 18 to facilitate the insertion of a pencil or other object. The curvature of the arcuate' portion of the prong 18 is adapted to a lead pencil or other object to be held by the bracket. The holes 20 are provided to give the holder a better appearance and to permit the prong to take a better grip on the object beingheld.

The half B is composed of the body 21 ha ving'holes for the rivets 10 correspond ing with the companion holes in the body 12. The top of this body 21 terminates in the overhanging prong 22 having a reversely bent lip and extending beyond the center of v arcuate portion of the prong l2.

In ali ment with the prong 13, the body 21 termlnates, at the bottom, in the overhanging arcuate prong 23 adapted to' the 2 portion 17 of the telephone C and having the reversely bent lip 2-1 extending beyond the center of curvature of the arcuate portion of the pron 23 to facilitate the juxtaposition of the prong 23 over the diametri cally larger portion 17 of the telephone C. The curvature of the arcuate portion of the prong 23 corresponds to the curvature of the portion 17 of the telephone C. c

On the edge opposite the prongs 22 and 23, the body 21 has the areuate prong 25 having the reversely bent lip 26 extending beyond the center of curvature of the arcu ate portion of the prong 25 to facilitate the to the prong 18 and the lip 19. The curvature of the arcuate portion ofthe prong 25 and the holes 27 are formed and provided for purposes similar to the prong l8 and the holes 20.

When the holder bracket is assembled and. attached. to the telephone C as shown in the drawing; the prongs, 13 and 22 form pair and encircle more than one half of the diametrically smaller portion 14; of the tele-- phone 0, and the prongs 15 and 23 form a pair and encircle more than half of the diametrically larger portion 17 of the tele phone C. i

Since the ends of the prongs of both pairs extend'beyond the centers as set forth, and

tive portion of the telephone -when the bracketis either attached thereto or de 1 tached therefrom.

It beingunderstood thatethe curvature of the arcuateportions of the prongs correspond to the curvature of its respective portion of; the telephone, but that the diametriical distance between the arcuate portionsof each pair offprongs, whenlfirst made, is less than thediameter of the corresponding part of the telephone so that each :pair of prongs will closely hug its respective ;portion ofthe "-away afterward.

telephone.

In onder to remove this holder from the telephone it islpreferred that the upper end ofthe holder be pulled away from the telephone first and thatthe It, isnotedthat the openings between the prongs which engage;the telephone ED812111 right angles to each other so that the holder can not/readily slip off of the telephone.

- pns'hedovertheportion17first and thatthe In order to attach this holder to the'telephone, it is preferred that the lower end-be np'per portion be then pushed over the portion 14 afterward. The lips beingprovided "to facilitate the-attachment of the holderto the telephone. I

The-prongs 18 and 25form a pair and are adapted to partially encircle a pencil or other object to be held and are other-wise formed and operatesimilar to the prongswhich engage the telephone.

Anpencil, for instance, may be inserted between the prongs 1'8 and 25 by placing it-be-- tween the lips 19 and 26 and pnshing itinward'untilflthe prongsisnap over it and hold it in position. This pencil may belremoved "from the. holder by merely pnllingit ontward. In addition to the spring action ol the I prongs themselves, eachof the two halves of thebody also exerts a spring action from the rivets 10 outward in each direction so that each half of the body is also flexi-ble to some extent and adapted toenhancethe flexibility of: the holder and consequently,permitsthe prongs to readily engage or disengage objects of varying sizes.

Ha'vingthus described my invention gen erally as well as particnlarlyv in connection with the apparatus shown in the drawings, and withoiit limiting myself to the precise construction shown and described, I claim 1,?AQhoIder bracket of the character do s id edge of said bo y an lower end he pulled scribed, comprising, a body, two pair of prongs projecting from one edge of said body and adapted to engage or disengage the object to which said bracket is to be attached, said two pair of prongs in alignment with each other and the openings thereof angular to each other, and a pair of prongs projecting from the other edge of said body and adapted to engage or disengage the object to be heldby said bracket. i I

A holder braeket'of the character described, comprising, a body,-a:pair of prongs projecting from one edge of said 'body andadapted to engage or disengage one portion of the object to which said bracket is to be attached, a .pair of pron s rejecting from g a apted to engage or disengage areduced portion of said ohjeet and to retainsaid bracket in 'longitudL nal position on said object, and=a-pair of prongs projecting from the other edge of asaid body and adapted to engage or disengage the object to be held b said bracket. a

3. A holder bracket oft ea -character described, comprising, a body composed-of *two halves secured together, 1 zprongs ,pro'jeoting from oneedge of said hal'ves andadap'tedto engage 01' disengage the object to which said bracketis to be attached, said prongs; projectingfrom said one edge forming twopair 'of prongs in alignment with each otherand the openings thereof an I lento-each other, and pron s projecting rom the other edge of saidha ves and adapted to engageordis engage the object to be held by said bracket.

4. A holder bracket of the character described, comprising, a body com ed'of two halves secured together, each 0 said halves provided with aeprong projecting from one edge at thelower end thereof, with Ia. prong projecting -from said edge at the upper end thereof and in angular disposition'to the first said prong, and. with a prong lprojecting from the f other edge intermediate -1 the 'ends thereof; said prongs projecting from the firstsaidedges formingtwopair of prongs in angular disposition to each other and adapted to engage or disengage the object to which said bracket is to be attached, and said prongs projecting from the second said edges forming a pair of nrongs adapted to engage 'or'disengage the object to be held 'by said. bracket. i

. 5. Aipencilholder: bra chat for a telephone,

comprising, a body, apa-ir of elampiprongs' projectingfrom said body and adapted to engage ordisengage a certainportion of said telephone, aipair of clamp, rongs projecting fromisai'dbodyand aidapte 'to e 'geor dis- "engage a shouldered :portion 0 said telephone to hold said bracket .in; longitudinal clamp rongs projecting from said body a and 6. pencil holder braeket .for'atelephone,

gpo'sitionfon said telephone, and a' pair of adapted toengage or 'disengagesaid pencil. A

comprising, abody, a pair of clamp prongs projecting from one edge at the lower end of said body and adapted to engage or disengage a larger portion of said. telephone, a pair of clamp prongs projecting from said edge at the upper end of said body in angular disposition to the first said pair of prongs and adapted to engage 'or disengage a reduced portion of said telephone to retain said bracket in longitudinal position on said telephone, and a pair of clamp prongs projecting from the other edge of said body intermediate its ends and adapted to engage or disengage said pencil.

LEE B. COLE. 

